Near New Waverly in Walker County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

James and Rhoda Creel Beall Winters

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, June 2, 2025

1. James and Rhoda Creel Beall Winters Marker

Inscription. Winters Park, Set Aside to Honor Family of James and Rhoda Creel Beall Winters. Pioneers who led their large family here in 1834 from Tennessee. Two older sons, Wm. Carvin and John Frelan Winters, came to Texas in 1832. On receiving their good report, the parents moved to this land between east and west forks of San Jacinto River. With them came 10 of their children, some in-laws, and grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Caroline W. Fannin, died and was buried en route, on the Trinity River.

James Winters, veteran of several American wars, was 62 when he left his new home to fight for Texas in 1835 conflict with Mexico. In the 1836 Texas War for Independence, he and a 15-year-old son, Benjamin, hauled supplies to the Texas army. In that war were three sons, Wm. C., J.F., and James W. Winters; and two sons-in-law, Jackson Crouch and Charles D. Edwards.

Members of the Winters family helped to settle Caldwell, Frio, Hays, Lavaca, Live Oak and McMullen counties. The mill of Wm. Winters made much of the furniture for the 1857 Texas Capitol. In 1901 James W. Winters served Texas by helping mark battlefield at San Jacinto, where he fought 65 years earlier.

The senior James Winters (born 1773) died in 1848; he is buried 2 miles south, at Waverly. Rhoda (1784-1859) is buried at Oakville, Live Oak County.

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1968 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 8480.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1834.

Location. 30° 34.095′ N, 95° 21.405′ W. Marker is near New Waverly, Texas, in Walker County. It is on Farm to Market Road 2693 0.6 miles east of Bryant. From New Waverly, east on SH 150 to FM 2693, about 4.6 mi. NE to cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 702 FM 2693, New Waverly TX 77358, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Frelan Winters (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Waverly (approx. 2.9 miles away); Boswell Baptist Church (approx. 3 miles away); Elijah Collard (approx. 4½ miles away); Minnie Fisher Cunningham (approx. 7.3 miles away); Evergreen United Methodist Church (approx. 7.4 miles away); St. Joseph's Catholic Church (approx. 7.8 miles away); Black Jack Methodist Church and Cemetery (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Waverly.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, June 2, 2025

2. James and Rhoda Creel Beall Winters Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 167 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 3, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.